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, people think central al qaeda. they don't think militias that may be inspired by bin laden and his other followers. so it is a hot button for political reasons from the administration's view. >> andrea, it was accurate. there was a group that was involved that claims an affiliation with al qaeda. now, al qaeda is not a central command in control. it was, in fact, a loose group that could take general statements and act on them. the important thing in our investigation, in the oversight committee investigation, where people have said under oath repeatedly they were not given the security they asked for in advance, they can't understand why there were not clear attempts to help them during those 8 and a half hours -- >> these are separate issues, chairman. the key question is, do you stand by that the administration lied about who was behind it and what initially happened given this reporting? >> i think david kirkpatrick very clearly says the statements made were false and misleading. he says that in his report. i d
, people think central al qaeda. they don't think militias that may be inspired by bin laden and his other followers. so it is a hot button for political reasons from the administration's view. >> andrea, it was accurate. there was a group that was involved that claims an affiliation with al qaeda. now, al qaeda is not a central command in control. it was, in fact, a loose group that could take general statements and act on them. the important thing in our investigation, in the oversight...
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al qaeda has been dismantled. and the truth of the matter nothing could have been further from the truth, and the story she told reinforced a political narrative helpful to the president. but disconnected from reality. >> let's be clear about what you're saying. you also heard senator feinstien say unequivocally that the notion that there was a cover-up or an attempt to mislead for political reasons is absolutely wrong. she says it's character assassination, the way you're criticizing her. you believe the president of the united states sent his ambassador to the u.n. out to mislead the american people so he could get some sort of political gain before the election? that's the cover-up you're c accusing them of? >> i'm saying that the ambassador that had nothing to do with benghazi -- why would you choose someone who had nothing to do with benghazi to tell us about benghazi? that's kind of odd. the president said, why pick on her? she didn't know anything about benghazi. she was the most politically compliant perso
al qaeda has been dismantled. and the truth of the matter nothing could have been further from the truth, and the story she told reinforced a political narrative helpful to the president. but disconnected from reality. >> let's be clear about what you're saying. you also heard senator feinstien say unequivocally that the notion that there was a cover-up or an attempt to mislead for political reasons is absolutely wrong. she says it's character assassination, the way you're criticizing...
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qaeda but rather by al qaeda itself. of course there was no evidence that was the case. ultimately a comprehensive "the new york times" story said it wasn't al qaeda, but when lara logan did her discredited "60 minutes" report a couple of months prior, this is what she said. >> contrary to the white house's public statements, which were still being made a full week later, it's now well established that the americans were attacked by al qaeda in a well-planned assault. >> you hear that? it's now well established. well, senator lindsey graham heard that and ran straight to fox news with it. >> "60 minutes" doesn't cover phony scandals. >> i think the story was about the fact that our folks died in a different way than explained by the administration. they died as a result of an al qaeda planned attack that you could see coming. >> the question you've got to ask yourself is funny how lara logan doesn't give any sourcing for the "it's now well established." who told her it was well established? well, in this blockbuster niec
qaeda but rather by al qaeda itself. of course there was no evidence that was the case. ultimately a comprehensive "the new york times" story said it wasn't al qaeda, but when lara logan did her discredited "60 minutes" report a couple of months prior, this is what she said. >> contrary to the white house's public statements, which were still being made a full week later, it's now well established that the americans were attacked by al qaeda in a well-planned assault....
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that began the tit for tat, if will you, with al qaeda. we launched attacks against bin laden's network and in southeast asia they spun off with the cole attack, then the 9/11 attacks. we invaded afghanistan, drove them into pakistan. we've decimated their core and now they are trying to come back in yemen. >> jeremy bash, thanks very much for your experience. >>> coming up, the latest on a-rod's pending punishment from major league baseball. he got a cold reception in chicago last night. the late night comics took a few swings at the yankee slugger. >> both players got 50-game suspensions. a-rod is suspended for 211 games. but it an odd number but that's what they calculated his batting average would have been without the drugs. >> mlb baseball suspended him a total of 211 games. otherwise known as what a single baseball game feels like. >> it grew last suspicious last summer when rodriguez won his seventh tour de france. >> he said is he going to appeal the decision and keep playing. even anthony weiner was like, man, some people just do
that began the tit for tat, if will you, with al qaeda. we launched attacks against bin laden's network and in southeast asia they spun off with the cole attack, then the 9/11 attacks. we invaded afghanistan, drove them into pakistan. we've decimated their core and now they are trying to come back in yemen. >> jeremy bash, thanks very much for your experience. >>> coming up, the latest on a-rod's pending punishment from major league baseball. he got a cold reception in chicago...
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. >> it's now well established that the americans were attacked by al qaeda in a well-planned assault. five months before that night, morgan jones first arrived in benghazi. but on his first drive through benghazi, he noticed the black flags of al qaeda flying openly in the streets, and he grew concerned about the guard force as soon as he pulled up to the u.s. compound. >> there was nobody there that we could see. then we realized they were all inside drinking tea, laughing and joking. >> what was your reaction to the "60 minutes" spot, david? >> well, look, i think that they pose lingering questions about benghazi. and the truth is, there were 157 attacks on u.s. diplomatic facilities since 1998. most of those were under george w. bush. we've had 18 congressional hearings and 25,000 administration documents produced, no evidence of wrongdoing by the president, by secretary clinton. even republican senator bob corker said months ago, we know what happened in benghazi. he's satisfied that he knows it. so, in this report, i mean, i'll say something about two of the sources in the repor
. >> it's now well established that the americans were attacked by al qaeda in a well-planned assault. five months before that night, morgan jones first arrived in benghazi. but on his first drive through benghazi, he noticed the black flags of al qaeda flying openly in the streets, and he grew concerned about the guard force as soon as he pulled up to the u.s. compound. >> there was nobody there that we could see. then we realized they were all inside drinking tea, laughing and...
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qaeda, inspired by al qaeda. i think what the article does is shows how complicated it was, especially at the time you have massive vacuums of power and people rushing to fill them. >> let's go to matt lewis. supporters of the president said this is a smoking gun that supports susan rice, this new york times piece. this disputes everything that issa and the investigation put out there. what do you see as the impact on the story in benghazi? >> let's get to the clips you showed. bipartisan members of congress, not just republicans on the intelligence committee dispute this new york times report. they say they have access to cables and information that sources, you know, on the ground may differ. they have access to information that says al qaeda was linked and there was preplanning. having said that, look, i think part of the issue you have to keep in mind is that susan rice didn't just dispute the al qaeda link, she also said it was a spontaneous thing that happened, spontaneously. that's a point of contention he
qaeda, inspired by al qaeda. i think what the article does is shows how complicated it was, especially at the time you have massive vacuums of power and people rushing to fill them. >> let's go to matt lewis. supporters of the president said this is a smoking gun that supports susan rice, this new york times piece. this disputes everything that issa and the investigation put out there. what do you see as the impact on the story in benghazi? >> let's get to the clips you showed....
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al qaeda, it's called al qaeda in iraq. >> i have some news for john mccain. and that is that there was no such thing as al qaeda in iraq until george bush and john mccain decided to invade iraq. >> and when senator obama became president obama, the partisan rhetoric didn't stop there. mccain abandoned the idea of becoming an elder statesmen, a key republican ally, who could help broker deals and move the country forward. instead, he has constantly undermined the president and his policies. back in 2010, mccain had a list of complaints over health care reform. one of his issues, the negotiations were not being broadcast on c-span. here's the president responding. >> let me just a make this point, john. because we're not campaigning anymore. the election's over. >> i'm reminded of that every day. >> well, yeah. >> let's bring in jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst and columnist for bloomberg view. jonathan, i don't think the two like each other. good to have you with us tonight. but it just seems that john mccain is looking for any opening he possibly can t
al qaeda, it's called al qaeda in iraq. >> i have some news for john mccain. and that is that there was no such thing as al qaeda in iraq until george bush and john mccain decided to invade iraq. >> and when senator obama became president obama, the partisan rhetoric didn't stop there. mccain abandoned the idea of becoming an elder statesmen, a key republican ally, who could help broker deals and move the country forward. instead, he has constantly undermined the president and his...
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senior people in al qaeda in yemen. which is the most capable and the most determined to attack the u.s. >> i know john brennan always described then as the most operational of all the al qaeda affiliates. he even was including al qaeda in pakistan and afghanistan. when he was making that judgment. do we have a sense of what the plot is? >> no. >> do they have a sense and they're not sharing that or -- >> no. >> okay. >> that's my understanding. i mean, what they do know is where it comes from, that it's senior people in yemen talking about it, and that's spooky enough. they have some general idea of the dates. supposedly starting last sunday and continuing, as the travel notice says, through the end of the month. maybe into early september. through labor day. but where, how, you know, with what sort of targeting, what kind of attack, they just don't know. >> people, the history, it seems to me, tell me if this is incorrect, either time the government's been able to go public about a terror warning, go back to the bush
senior people in al qaeda in yemen. which is the most capable and the most determined to attack the u.s. >> i know john brennan always described then as the most operational of all the al qaeda affiliates. he even was including al qaeda in pakistan and afghanistan. when he was making that judgment. do we have a sense of what the plot is? >> no. >> do they have a sense and they're not sharing that or -- >> no. >> okay. >> that's my understanding. i mean, what...
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so lindsey graham tells laura logan it's al qaeda. she puts nat her report on the most respected news magazine in america and then senator graham vowed to block all nominations from the obama administration until he gets answered on benghazi and cites the lara logan report on evidence, evidence which was unbeknownst to the public at the time, supported by lindsey graham sifts. >> what did the "60 minutes" show tell? this was a preplanned terrorist attack. you have 60 minutes validating it. they know who planned and it it was a long time coming. "60 minutes" identified the people who planned the attack and actually how they did it. >> joining me now congressman pete coyne. should lindsey graham go on the floor or the senate and say, i'm sorry? >> well in the real world he would, but politics are not necessarily the real world. you never admit anything. this all makes wag the dog look like the bible. now makes the wag the dog look like the insign blow speed ya brittanica. >> you were in the house where they were preparing votes on bengh
so lindsey graham tells laura logan it's al qaeda. she puts nat her report on the most respected news magazine in america and then senator graham vowed to block all nominations from the obama administration until he gets answered on benghazi and cites the lara logan report on evidence, evidence which was unbeknownst to the public at the time, supported by lindsey graham sifts. >> what did the "60 minutes" show tell? this was a preplanned terrorist attack. you have 60 minutes...
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this outlined the al qaeda presence in libya. something was especially alarming to me in this d.o.d. report was the mention that siriya and other groups have adopted the black flag promoted by al qaeda senior leaders. in my hand i hold a picture of the flag that the department of state identified to be a prominent issuance of this flag on the rise in libya. i also hold a picture of the same type of flag in tunisia where the protesters were outside the embassy there. in addition i have a flag -- picture taken in cairo at the u.s. embassy where demonstrations took place. another picture in jordan at the u.s. embassy where protests took place. in bahrain over 2000 protesters who burned numerous u.s. and israeli flags again at the embassy. in kuwait chanting obama we are all osama. the flag again. and in libya, the flag was carried through the streets there as well. my question, madam secretary, is were you aware of this d.o.d. report prior to the terrorist attack in benghazi? >> well, i was certainly aware of a number of reports fro
this outlined the al qaeda presence in libya. something was especially alarming to me in this d.o.d. report was the mention that siriya and other groups have adopted the black flag promoted by al qaeda senior leaders. in my hand i hold a picture of the flag that the department of state identified to be a prominent issuance of this flag on the rise in libya. i also hold a picture of the same type of flag in tunisia where the protesters were outside the embassy there. in addition i have a flag --...
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plots conceived by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. if you tag that on as well with the fact that ever since benghazi, al qaeda in yemen has been very actively promoting the idea of attacking u.s. embassies, has been urging their supporters, affiliates, and others to launch attacks on u.s. embassies. it does present an interesting picture. >> it's also an interesting picture. the former ambassador to morocco mark ginsburg was on. he discussed the tel aviv embassy being closed. he says that points to the seriousness of the intelligence. what's your take? >> it could also refer to the broadness of the intelligence. i think right now it's not exactly clear where the target is. i think out of an abundance of caution, if the source is deemed credible and if the group is deemed credible and we've seen aqap launch attacks targeting the u.s. before, we have to take that seriously. again, it's just a broad-based look. they're closing embassies from kabul all the way to algeria. that's a vast swath of territory. >> i want to the play what house
plots conceived by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. if you tag that on as well with the fact that ever since benghazi, al qaeda in yemen has been very actively promoting the idea of attacking u.s. embassies, has been urging their supporters, affiliates, and others to launch attacks on u.s. embassies. it does present an interesting picture. >> it's also an interesting picture. the former ambassador to morocco mark ginsburg was on. he discussed the tel aviv embassy being closed. he says...
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al qaeda, it's called al qaeda in iraq. >> i have some news for john mccain. and that is that there was no such thing as al qaeda in iraq until george bush and john mccain deto invade iraq. >> and when senator obama became president obama, the partisan rhetoric didn't stop there. instead he has constantly undermined the president and his policies. back in 2010, mccain had a list of complaints over health care reform. one of his issues, the negotiations were not being broadcast on c-span. heres at president responding. >> let me just make this point, john, pause we're not campaigning anymore. the election's over. >> i'm reminded of that every day. >> let's bring in jonathan alter. jonathan, i don't think the two like each other. it just seems john mccain is looking for any opening he possibly can to make problems for the president and the country. your take on it. >> well, the reason was president was so ticked in the press conference today is he learned just before the press conference that john mccain and lindsey graham were intending to fill busser should sh
al qaeda, it's called al qaeda in iraq. >> i have some news for john mccain. and that is that there was no such thing as al qaeda in iraq until george bush and john mccain deto invade iraq. >> and when senator obama became president obama, the partisan rhetoric didn't stop there. instead he has constantly undermined the president and his policies. back in 2010, mccain had a list of complaints over health care reform. one of his issues, the negotiations were not being broadcast on...
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what got play was the al qaeda folks and isis affiliated folks. i wonder how much the way we all cover this is part of the problem. >> well, that's true in this area as in all areas. we accentuate the negative. people see it on their news screens. to take a leap from there and say that there's 300 million muslims out there, bent on the destruction of western civilization. if we have a war on terror, what does that mean, we have to kill all 300 million people? good luck with that about. >> that is exactly right. there is this desire for some kinds of cataclysmic clash with some groups of people. the reaction was to inflate the importance and the credibility of precisely those groups that are most marginalized. >> i mean, look, we're giving platform to like pastor terry jones from florida, the koran burning pastor. who are we giving credibility to? the media needs to do their homework on who we're giving a platform to. we're just another addition to the large list of people that have been vilified. my concern right now is that we keep saying no bigo
what got play was the al qaeda folks and isis affiliated folks. i wonder how much the way we all cover this is part of the problem. >> well, that's true in this area as in all areas. we accentuate the negative. people see it on their news screens. to take a leap from there and say that there's 300 million muslims out there, bent on the destruction of western civilization. if we have a war on terror, what does that mean, we have to kill all 300 million people? good luck with that about....
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qaeda's leader ayman al zawahiri to the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula to carry out an attack is not rue deep, over the past decade, al qaeda leadership has pretty regularly tried to direct action with aqap. left a statement that there are al qaeda teams on the verge of attack out of those places more out of an abundance of caution particularly after benghazi, given the poor security arrangements at those facilities. the same intelligence analysts tell nbc the threats to embassies in sanaa are almost common. though it does speak volumes about the growing strength of the affiliate. would not say whether the u.s. learned of the threat from the now controversial surveil's programs but he did weigh in on russia's decision. >> i was disappointed. even though we don't have an extradition treaty with them, traditionally we have tried to respect if there's a law breaker or an alleged law breaker in their country. they still help us on supplying our troops in afghanistan. they're still helping us on counterterrorism work. they were helpful after the boston bombing. but there hav
qaeda's leader ayman al zawahiri to the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula to carry out an attack is not rue deep, over the past decade, al qaeda leadership has pretty regularly tried to direct action with aqap. left a statement that there are al qaeda teams on the verge of attack out of those places more out of an abundance of caution particularly after benghazi, given the poor security arrangements at those facilities. the same intelligence analysts tell nbc the threats to embassies...
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al qaeda is a shell of itself. groups must be dealt with but in the years to come not every collection of thugs that labels themselves al qaeda will pose a credible threat to the united states. unless we discipline our thinking, our definition, our actions, we may be drawn into more wars we don't need to fight. or continue to grant presidents powers more suited for traditional armed powers between nation states. i look forward to engaging congress and the american people in efforts to refine and ultimately repeal the aumf's mandate. and i will not sign laws designed to expand this mandate further. our systematic efforts to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue but this war like all wars must end. that's what history advises. that's what our democracy demands. that brings me to my final topic. the detention of terrorist suspects. i'm going to repeat one more time as a matter of policy, the preference of the united states is to capture terrorist suspects. when we do detain a suspect we interrogate them. if
al qaeda is a shell of itself. groups must be dealt with but in the years to come not every collection of thugs that labels themselves al qaeda will pose a credible threat to the united states. unless we discipline our thinking, our definition, our actions, we may be drawn into more wars we don't need to fight. or continue to grant presidents powers more suited for traditional armed powers between nation states. i look forward to engaging congress and the american people in efforts to refine...
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while we have heard a lot in recent months about al qaeda being decimated and on the run it is by no means destroyed and the threat of terrorism especially in yemen and north africa remains very real. just in the past few months, terrorist attacks in algeria and benghazi claimed american lives. so it is clear that our vigilance must not waiver. at the same time, our attention focused beyond the threats posed by al qaeda and other terrorist organizations. from iran to north korea, to venezuela. from nuclear proliferation to cyber intrusions to counterintelligence. the challenges are constant and immense and the cia is at the point of the spear. as your predecessors faced similar challenges they recognized the importance of working hand in hand with congress, especially the congressional intelligence committees. i appreciated your commitment to me to be open and trance important with this committee if you are, in fact, confirmed as the next director. i expect this commitment to be bourn out in practice regardless of political pressures and not just become words spoken in the confirmati
while we have heard a lot in recent months about al qaeda being decimated and on the run it is by no means destroyed and the threat of terrorism especially in yemen and north africa remains very real. just in the past few months, terrorist attacks in algeria and benghazi claimed american lives. so it is clear that our vigilance must not waiver. at the same time, our attention focused beyond the threats posed by al qaeda and other terrorist organizations. from iran to north korea, to venezuela....
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considering the rise of al qaeda and libya, the rise of al qaeda in other places. how do you respond to that? >> the fact is, thanks to barack obama's commitment to re-establishing our focus on decimating the ranks of al qaeda, thanks to his successful bringing of osama bin laden to justice, al qaeda is not able to stage massive attacks in multiple places. they are in very, very limited ways able to stage attacks. >> but they're certainly creating new instability in the middle east. they seem new outposts of al qaeda. >> the bottom line, they are dramatically, dramatically reduced in terms of their ability to make significant damage. and that was the importance of shifting -- bringing our troops home from iraq, shifting our focus to decimating al qaeda, reducing their ability to really have widespread impact and shrinking their ability to commit significant acts of terror. that's why we have to keep our eye on the prize, we have to keep focusing on making sure we can protect america from those who would do us harm. not the backwards cowboy justice that mitt romney
considering the rise of al qaeda and libya, the rise of al qaeda in other places. how do you respond to that? >> the fact is, thanks to barack obama's commitment to re-establishing our focus on decimating the ranks of al qaeda, thanks to his successful bringing of osama bin laden to justice, al qaeda is not able to stage massive attacks in multiple places. they are in very, very limited ways able to stage attacks. >> but they're certainly creating new instability in the middle east....
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. >> it's al qaeda, al qaeda, al qaeda, not my people. al qaeda, yes. >> translator: put on the libyan channel you son of dogs, you cowards, you crusaders. put on the libyan channel. you traitors. >> translator: how can the armed people allow traitors and rats to open the way for colonialism in the city? this is rejected. where are you going? to hell fire? what did you leave you traitors? you dirty people who make mus beings filthy. you go into mosques and make calls. you are sons of dogs. you go into mosques and unpurify them you filthy
. >> it's al qaeda, al qaeda, al qaeda, not my people. al qaeda, yes. >> translator: put on the libyan channel you son of dogs, you cowards, you crusaders. put on the libyan channel. you traitors. >> translator: how can the armed people allow traitors and rats to open the way for colonialism in the city? this is rejected. where are you going? to hell fire? what did you leave you traitors? you dirty people who make mus beings filthy. you go into mosques and make calls. you are...
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qaeda, nothing about that al qaeda was involved. to me, the question right now is who changed those talking points and why? >> that is the big question at this hour. who changed the talking points and why? >> republicans are doing whatever it takes to fake a scandal in the obama administration. paul waldman calls it scandal envy. nixon had watergate, clinton had lewinsky, barack obama, well, he's gotten off scot-free, and this is making the republicans absolutely livid, he writes. republicans are not going to get the watergate this time around. senator harry reid wrote a letter to john mccain and lindsey graham saying a select committee for investigation will not happen. the time for phoney outrage is over. republicans need to get back to the real problems facing americans. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, will the gop stop their witch hunt on benghazi? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. you can go to our blog and leave a comment. and we'll bring you results later on in the show. joining
qaeda, nothing about that al qaeda was involved. to me, the question right now is who changed those talking points and why? >> that is the big question at this hour. who changed the talking points and why? >> republicans are doing whatever it takes to fake a scandal in the obama administration. paul waldman calls it scandal envy. nixon had watergate, clinton had lewinsky, barack obama, well, he's gotten off scot-free, and this is making the republicans absolutely livid, he writes....
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but i think there were groups like al qaeda-affiliated groups who were going to plan to attack our embassy personnel at some point and were looking for an excuse, and they got it when there was confusion and chaos with a reaction to that provocative film. so there are a lot of conflict involved here. we need to sort through the facts and see where we go from here. >> do you think that governor romney has been too aggressive and paul ryan in his debate with joe biden in accusing the administration of either covering up or bungling this? >> i think we need to wait for the facts. i think it's fair for them to raise the issues, what happened? we need answers. we want answers as quickly as we can. understand that the first reports are usually in error. but there should not be any tremendous delay here. i think it's important the american people find out. whether or not a country -- well, libya, by way of example, can, in fact, provide the protection that's going to be necessary, and if they can't, we have two choices. either to put more force in, which may be objectionable, or to pull our diplo
but i think there were groups like al qaeda-affiliated groups who were going to plan to attack our embassy personnel at some point and were looking for an excuse, and they got it when there was confusion and chaos with a reaction to that provocative film. so there are a lot of conflict involved here. we need to sort through the facts and see where we go from here. >> do you think that governor romney has been too aggressive and paul ryan in his debate with joe biden in accusing the...
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zawahiri to the head of the al qaeda arm in yemen. the terrorist leaders discussed plotting an attack to coincide with a in muslim holy day this week. this afternoon nbc news is reporting that one reason the u.s. reacted so aggressively is because al qaeda operatives said they wanted an attack that, quote, would change the balance of power in the region. well, as american counterterrorist officials are dealing with this threat, some on the right are using it to hit the president as weak on national security. big surprise there. take a look what bill kristol and former senator jim demint said this weekend on fox. >> four years ago, president obama gave a much heralded speech, his outreach to the muslim world. now four years later we're closing embassies throughout the arab world. a year ago he said al qaeda is on the run. now we seem to be on the run. i'm not criticizing the decision to close the embassies. that's probably the right thing to do for the sake of trying to save american lives and others but it's a terrible thing that just
zawahiri to the head of the al qaeda arm in yemen. the terrorist leaders discussed plotting an attack to coincide with a in muslim holy day this week. this afternoon nbc news is reporting that one reason the u.s. reacted so aggressively is because al qaeda operatives said they wanted an attack that, quote, would change the balance of power in the region. well, as american counterterrorist officials are dealing with this threat, some on the right are using it to hit the president as weak on...
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>> well, what we can tell you, andrea, is it is al qaeda linked. it emanates from the arabian peninsula. what we can tell you in addition is that yesterday we passed legislation which i authored out of the committee, out of the foreign affairs committee, which our center counterparts will be bringing up as well, and that legislation focuses in the future on what we can do to -- for these particular embassies that are at risk, to harden those embassies, put marine corps security guards in place at the interest to the embassies, build additional checkpoints at the entrance and also put in place measures that will ensure a fast reaction force. a quick reaction force in embassies come under attack. so that legislation has now passed out of committee. >> let me just clarify about that though. because i think overall that legislation is 9% less than the current year or last year's funding. so you are most likely taking away from areas that you think are less vulnerable and putting them -- putting that money into this middle east, north africa area. >> ye
>> well, what we can tell you, andrea, is it is al qaeda linked. it emanates from the arabian peninsula. what we can tell you in addition is that yesterday we passed legislation which i authored out of the committee, out of the foreign affairs committee, which our center counterparts will be bringing up as well, and that legislation focuses in the future on what we can do to -- for these particular embassies that are at risk, to harden those embassies, put marine corps security guards in...
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qaeda on the run. >> al qaeda's core has been degraded, leaving al qaeda more decentralized. and most terroristic activity now conducted by local franchises. >> joining me now chris anders from the american civil liberties union. chris, good afternoon to you. first of all, let me get your response to that new study commissioned by california senator dianne feinstein. >> well, it confirms what we have known for a long time, which is that there is enough space, there is enough facilities in the united states to bring people from guantanamo here to be tried before regular federal criminal courts, courts that have had over 400 convictions of people tried and convicted for terrorism-related offenses. big-time -- big-time terrorism defendants who are convicted and are serving serious times. those people can be held securely here after trial, if they're convicted. and there is plenty of room for them in the federal criminal system. and that gao study confirmed that. >> is the opposition to this point, is the opposition primarily because such a move would be unprecedented? >> well, i
qaeda on the run. >> al qaeda's core has been degraded, leaving al qaeda more decentralized. and most terroristic activity now conducted by local franchises. >> joining me now chris anders from the american civil liberties union. chris, good afternoon to you. first of all, let me get your response to that new study commissioned by california senator dianne feinstein. >> well, it confirms what we have known for a long time, which is that there is enough space, there is enough...
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al qaeda, the court organization, had already been sort of knocked back on its heels. osama bin laden was not really capable of pulling off, you know, spectacular attacks. alaki had shown that he was really hell bent on attacking the homeland. he tried -- >> and he was operational. he was operational in a way that we did not believe bin laden was at that point. >> absolutely. so the president, you know, his view was that, look, this is a lawful act of war. there is an imminent threat because al alaki had proven time and time again that he was trying to do this. he didn't lose a lot of sleep over it. >> i'm fascinate bid your writing, your reporting on general cartwright, and also the countervailing force was how the former state department legal advisor, who is the dean of the law school, both before and since, well known and nationally known legal scholar, and you write about how he was really concerned about making sure had he the intelligence. he said he was queasier -- you write he was queasy about the whole operation, and if al alaki wasn't going to be able to def
al qaeda, the court organization, had already been sort of knocked back on its heels. osama bin laden was not really capable of pulling off, you know, spectacular attacks. alaki had shown that he was really hell bent on attacking the homeland. he tried -- >> and he was operational. he was operational in a way that we did not believe bin laden was at that point. >> absolutely. so the president, you know, his view was that, look, this is a lawful act of war. there is an imminent...
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qaeda, nothing about that al qaeda was involved. to me, the question right now is who changed those talking points and why? >> that is the big question at this hour. who changed the talking points and why? >> republicans are doing whatever it takes to fake a scandal in the obama administration. paul waldman calls it scandal envy. nixon had watergate, clinton had lewinsky, barack obama, well, he's gotten off scot-free, and this is making the republicans absolutely livid, he writes. republicans are not going to get the watergate this time around. senator harry reid wrote a letter to john mccain and lindsey graham saying a select committee for investigation will not happen. the time for phoney outrage is over. republicans need to get back to the real problems facing americans. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, will the gop stop their witch hunt on benghazi? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. you can go to our blog and leave a comment. and we'll bring you results later on in the show. joining
qaeda, nothing about that al qaeda was involved. to me, the question right now is who changed those talking points and why? >> that is the big question at this hour. who changed the talking points and why? >> republicans are doing whatever it takes to fake a scandal in the obama administration. paul waldman calls it scandal envy. nixon had watergate, clinton had lewinsky, barack obama, well, he's gotten off scot-free, and this is making the republicans absolutely livid, he writes....
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qaeda, nothing about that al qaeda was involved. to me, who changed the talking points and why? >> that is the big question at this hour. who changed the talking points and why? >> republicans are doing whatever it takes to fake a scandal in the obama administration. paul waldman calls it scandal envy. nixon had watergate, clinton had le win ski and obama has gotten off scot-free and it's making the republicans livid. republicans are not going to get the watergate this time around. senator harry reid wrote a letter to john mccain and lindsey graham saying a collect committee for investigation will not happen. the time for phoney outrage is over. republicans need to get back to the real problems facing americans. get your cell phones out. tonight's question, will the gop stop their witch hunt on benghazi? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. or you can leave a comment on our blog. and we'll bring you results later on in the show. joining me now is retired colonel lawrence wilkerson, former chief of staff number colin powell's term. co
qaeda, nothing about that al qaeda was involved. to me, who changed the talking points and why? >> that is the big question at this hour. who changed the talking points and why? >> republicans are doing whatever it takes to fake a scandal in the obama administration. paul waldman calls it scandal envy. nixon had watergate, clinton had le win ski and obama has gotten off scot-free and it's making the republicans livid. republicans are not going to get the watergate this time around....
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i am pro-destroying al qaeda. i am pro-protecting america. i am pro-a better drone program and i am pro ending this war as soon as we can but i fear that's a long way away. as douglas macarthur said, only the dead have seen the end of war, and we may now be in a permanent war. okay. that does it for "the cycle." martin, it's yours. >> passionate patriotism from toure. thank you. it's monday, february 11th, and a pope has abdicated, the president prepares to face the nation, but republicans are still stuck on benghazi. >> the president's state of the union address. could be the president's last best chance to address a captive audience. >> do republicans have the leverage now? >> none of the things i ran on as part of the tea party have been fixed. >> i don't want to live with this sequester. >> how do we get growth with jobs? >> no confirmation without information. >> are you going to support him for defense secretary? >> i will see the rest of the answers to his questions but certainly i have very grave concerned. >> i don't think we should
i am pro-destroying al qaeda. i am pro-protecting america. i am pro-a better drone program and i am pro ending this war as soon as we can but i fear that's a long way away. as douglas macarthur said, only the dead have seen the end of war, and we may now be in a permanent war. okay. that does it for "the cycle." martin, it's yours. >> passionate patriotism from toure. thank you. it's monday, february 11th, and a pope has abdicated, the president prepares to face the nation, but...
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qaeda storm in the making. i'm very disappointed in our intelligence community, i think they failed in many ways, but with a little bit of inquiry and curiosity, i think it would be pretty clear that to explain this episode as related that created a mob that turned into a riot was far filled. and at the end of the day, we're going to get to the bottom of this. we have to have a system that we can trust. and if you don't know what happened, just say you don't know what happened. people can push you to give explanations and you can say i don't want to give bad information. here's what i can tell you -- the american people got bad information on 16 september, they got bad information from president obama days after, and the question is, should they have been giving the information at all? if you can do nothing but give bad information, isn't it better to give no information at all? so my belief is, not only is the information bad and i'm more convinced than ever that it was bad, it was unjustified to give the scen
qaeda storm in the making. i'm very disappointed in our intelligence community, i think they failed in many ways, but with a little bit of inquiry and curiosity, i think it would be pretty clear that to explain this episode as related that created a mob that turned into a riot was far filled. and at the end of the day, we're going to get to the bottom of this. we have to have a system that we can trust. and if you don't know what happened, just say you don't know what happened. people can push...
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ties to al qaeda were involved. and then yet, went on the sunday show and left a very different impression. let's not forget that on those sunday shows on "meet the press" as well as "face the nation" she also made the statement that al qaeda was decimated. and so it left a misleading impression to the american people. i was also troubled that they knew by the 21st the acting director of the cia said that the information about the reaction to the video and the protest was wrong and that no one corrected it, including ambassador rice, even though she had left that impression on every single network, op every sunday show. that left me very concerned about that as well. >> did she say to you that she had reviewed intelligence specifically about benghazi, that had the additional information? she couldn't say so publicly. had she reviewed that intelligence? did she affirm that to you or are you assuming that she had? >> she did review it. >> so, in other words, she knew better than what you're saying that she knew better
ties to al qaeda were involved. and then yet, went on the sunday show and left a very different impression. let's not forget that on those sunday shows on "meet the press" as well as "face the nation" she also made the statement that al qaeda was decimated. and so it left a misleading impression to the american people. i was also troubled that they knew by the 21st the acting director of the cia said that the information about the reaction to the video and the protest was...
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he says rice denied al qaeda's lead role in the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that cost the lives of ambassador chris stevens and three others and she did so knowing it was true. well, the man who defeated mccain in the 2008 presidential campaign takes this as a personal shot at him. how will he respond? will he name ambassador rice his new secretary of state to replace hillary clinton? will he meet mccain's challenge head on and send rice up to the capitol to go face-to-face with the enemy? tonight we study the battlefield and the firepower of the two sides in this year-ending fire fight. mccain sure wants this fight, but do his fellow republicans? do they want an older white guy taking on the competence of a young woman of color, a rhodes scholar of solid reputation? most important, what end does the president want for this match of fact and wits? i'm joined by michael o'hanlon of the brookings institution and jonathan landay. the intelligence reporter for mcclatchy newspapers. michael, thank you for this. i want to get to the facts. am
he says rice denied al qaeda's lead role in the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that cost the lives of ambassador chris stevens and three others and she did so knowing it was true. well, the man who defeated mccain in the 2008 presidential campaign takes this as a personal shot at him. how will he respond? will he name ambassador rice his new secretary of state to replace hillary clinton? will he meet mccain's challenge head on and send rice up to the capitol to go face-to-face with...
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al qaeda. shortly after that when the u.s. decided to invade iraq, al qaeda spread. the fighters came and set up shop. that was the beginning of the ideology spreading. soon the splinter groups began popping up across the region. in yemen. what happened then? the u.s. went after al qaeda there using air strikes. that didn't stop the group. al qaeda's ideology and offshoot groups still spread, reaching places as far away as north africa, mali and somalia, where the u.s. also continued to use air strikes. then demonstrations in syria were peaceful until they began using force. thousands were killed before protesters began taking up arms. many of them became radicalized by the war. groups of fighters began to form organizations, drawing on the religious ideology of al qaeda and others. al qaeda and iraq joined the fight in syria. but the new generation of leaders led by this man had an even more extreme ideology. they morphed their group into a new organization and called themselves the islamic state of iraq and syria and split from al qaeda. soon isis became the most l
al qaeda. shortly after that when the u.s. decided to invade iraq, al qaeda spread. the fighters came and set up shop. that was the beginning of the ideology spreading. soon the splinter groups began popping up across the region. in yemen. what happened then? the u.s. went after al qaeda there using air strikes. that didn't stop the group. al qaeda's ideology and offshoot groups still spread, reaching places as far away as north africa, mali and somalia, where the u.s. also continued to use air...
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he said quote isis is not your parents al qaeda. isis is taking advantage of social media to crowd source terrorism. >> with al qaeda, if you wanted to consume their propaganda, you had to go find it on the web, read their magazine. if you wanted to talk to a terrorist, you may send an e-mail to their magazine and hope someone answers you. isil change had the model entirely. isil is buzzing on your hip. that message is pushed all day long. if you want to talk to a terrorist, they're there all day long. >> this morning details about sandra bland the woman found hanged in her jail cell. there are claims the dash cam video of the arrest may have been doctored. >> texas state officials rereleased this video about the concerns. there were glitches with the upload. looked like a routine traffic stop. the encounter between bland and texas trooper turned to confrontation. the trooper's arrest report said bland kicked him in the leg during the 15 minute altercation altercation. she was charged with assaulting the aufts officer. three days la
he said quote isis is not your parents al qaeda. isis is taking advantage of social media to crowd source terrorism. >> with al qaeda, if you wanted to consume their propaganda, you had to go find it on the web, read their magazine. if you wanted to talk to a terrorist, you may send an e-mail to their magazine and hope someone answers you. isil change had the model entirely. isil is buzzing on your hip. that message is pushed all day long. if you want to talk to a terrorist, they're there...
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accused of killing americans and providing material support to al qaeda. as amy davidson asks, for a nation consumed by the attacks, both in our politics and popular culture, where is the great al qaeda courtroom drama? when it comes to bringing terrorists to justice in the courtroom, we seem to get bored, she writes. the lack of drama not for lack of material. the "wall street journal" reports that the trial is kicking off what looks to be one of the biggest years for terrorism prosecutors since the september and 1th attacks. in the coming months, prosecutors in manhattan will try al masri, accused of plotting to open a terrorist training camp in oregon and abu anas al libi, accused of planning the bombings in kenya and tanzania. the success of the terrorism trial s will be crucial in determining how the united states proceeds going forward. due to pressure from congress and outcry from the public. late last year, attorney general eric holder characterized that decision as a mistake. >> i think that had we gone along the path that i announced at that time
accused of killing americans and providing material support to al qaeda. as amy davidson asks, for a nation consumed by the attacks, both in our politics and popular culture, where is the great al qaeda courtroom drama? when it comes to bringing terrorists to justice in the courtroom, we seem to get bored, she writes. the lack of drama not for lack of material. the "wall street journal" reports that the trial is kicking off what looks to be one of the biggest years for terrorism...
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so that means chechens went abroad and joined al qaeda-type groups. and also funds and ideology came into the chechen uprising and that's when they began their cam page of suicide bombings. they didn't ever have this in their past. chechens don't follow any of these extremist movements except for the rebel movement. and i think that possibly in his trip to dagestan, the older one was introduced extremist thoughts and generalized view of the narrative for these groups is muslims are under attack all over the world, we have to strike western powers. and we did see on his website that tamerlan was feeling great sympathy for the syrians who also are facing a heavy-handed fist right now in their uprising. >> dan, we read today in the "wall street journal" tamerlan tsarnaev nearly wore out his welcome at a local mosque in cambridge. he reportedly got angry over the celebration of martin luther king day. he even got angry at a butcher who was selling thanksgiving turkeys. what does that say to you about his mindset? >> well, it's clear looking at it from an
so that means chechens went abroad and joined al qaeda-type groups. and also funds and ideology came into the chechen uprising and that's when they began their cam page of suicide bombings. they didn't ever have this in their past. chechens don't follow any of these extremist movements except for the rebel movement. and i think that possibly in his trip to dagestan, the older one was introduced extremist thoughts and generalized view of the narrative for these groups is muslims are under attack...
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qaeda was on the run. >> why would you choose someone who had nothing to do with benghazi to tell us about benghazi? that's kind of odd. the president said, why pick on her, she didn't know anything about benghazi. she was the most politically compliant person they could find. i don't know what she knew, but i know the story she told was misleading. i don't know why it was misleading, but let me put this in context. would this white house mislead the american people about national security events? i think they might simply because when the bin laden raid occurred they leaked every detail about the raid. we heard a lot of details about classified information to make this president look good, so if they would leak classified information to make him look good, would they withhold information to prevent him from looking bad? >> lindsey graham and john mccain are now proposing a special investigative committee to investigate the benghazi attack. other members say the senate can handle the job. >> budget negotiations are on hold this week as they head home for the thanksgiving holiday. the
qaeda was on the run. >> why would you choose someone who had nothing to do with benghazi to tell us about benghazi? that's kind of odd. the president said, why pick on her, she didn't know anything about benghazi. she was the most politically compliant person they could find. i don't know what she knew, but i know the story she told was misleading. i don't know why it was misleading, but let me put this in context. would this white house mislead the american people about national...
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not simply focusing on al qaeda itself. much urk innier and still dangerous situation. >> since the spring, this assumption that america had for a very long time, it's necessary and desirable. it's not the case everywhere in the world. in the debates that we had about syria. there is a lot of question about even if we intervene, who would we help. when you had the local groups that are vying per power and able to be influenced. eye other terrorist groups or impulses and it's very doifl draw the line. >> thank you. first, a rescue mission and passengers on the russian ship stuck in the ice off antarctica are preparing for new year's eve on the ice and having a ball. we will tell you which supreme court justice will join the biggest party on the planet. first, today's trivia question. since 1789, how many people have served in the u.s. senate? the first person to tweet the correct answer will get an on air shout out. the answer and more coming up on the daily run down. stay with us. i can't believe your mom has a mom cave! to
not simply focusing on al qaeda itself. much urk innier and still dangerous situation. >> since the spring, this assumption that america had for a very long time, it's necessary and desirable. it's not the case everywhere in the world. in the debates that we had about syria. there is a lot of question about even if we intervene, who would we help. when you had the local groups that are vying per power and able to be influenced. eye other terrorist groups or impulses and it's very doifl...
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seriously, al qaeda. they're like, oh, we couldn't say it was al qaeda because that might expose some of our assets on the ground. andrea mitchell, the term al qaeda if there's a terror attack and you say al qaeda, that's going to he can pose our assets on the ground? as my professor said, that does not pass the straight face test. >> reporter: or the smell test. i think the problem here is what this has exposed is the bureaucracy of the intelligence community. the fact that the intelligence community waters down what can be said in a declassified setting and that susan rice, the criticism is that she took what they handed her and didn't challenge it. which they say is really unfair. she says it's character assassination to suggest that she would read anything other than the unclassified version of this. a lot of people are asking, where was hillary clinton that weekend? she knew better than to go out into the middle of this. she doesn't do the sunday talk shows. so they gave susan rice the assignment. sh
seriously, al qaeda. they're like, oh, we couldn't say it was al qaeda because that might expose some of our assets on the ground. andrea mitchell, the term al qaeda if there's a terror attack and you say al qaeda, that's going to he can pose our assets on the ground? as my professor said, that does not pass the straight face test. >> reporter: or the smell test. i think the problem here is what this has exposed is the bureaucracy of the intelligence community. the fact that the...
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made against al qaeda. but now we have to deal with al qaeda in somewhat different forms, including this kind of franchised loosely organized entity that can still do us great harm. so i think you will see the administration remain very much laser focused on this, especially with these drone strikes and i think this kind of activity is going to continue, notwithstanding secretary kerry's statement the other day that he'd like to see these things wind down. >> christopher hill, thank you very much, ambassador hill. thanks for being with us today. >> thank you. >>> a personal note -- all of us here at nbc news lost a very special member of our extended family this weekend. john palmer. network correspondent for most of 40 years, and "today" show news anchor who died saturday after a brief illness. from beirut to washington, he was a dashing and brave war correspondent covering the wars in the middle east for more than a decade until 1979 when he came here to washington to cover the white house. it was here th
made against al qaeda. but now we have to deal with al qaeda in somewhat different forms, including this kind of franchised loosely organized entity that can still do us great harm. so i think you will see the administration remain very much laser focused on this, especially with these drone strikes and i think this kind of activity is going to continue, notwithstanding secretary kerry's statement the other day that he'd like to see these things wind down. >> christopher hill, thank you...